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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Malik Nelson (ranked 4099 p4p, 3688 weight class) and Jamari Golden (ranked 417 p4p, 393 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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190 cm 25 193 0 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm 25 185 0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Solid boxing KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt Decent boxing Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malik Nelson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamari Golden! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nelson throws a right and a left that Golden avoids nicely.
Nelson closes the distance and clinches. Golden prevents the takedown attempt.
Golden is pushing Nelson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Nelson gets underhooks to prevent Golden's takedown attempt.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Nelson lands a right hand. Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson pulls guard. Nelson wants to sweep but no luck. Nelson wants to get back to his feet but Golden is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Nelson is trying to control the position but Golden postures up. Nelson has control of Golden's left arm, preventing Golden from doing any damage. Golden trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom. Golden loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Golden wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.
 The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. Nelson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Golden tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch. Nelson misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Nelson.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Nelson is pressed up against the cage. Golden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nelson down to the mat. Nelson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Golden looks winded! Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson takes the fight into the clinch. Nelson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Golden is fighting off a takedown attempt but Nelson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Golden to the mat. Golden regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nelson's corner. There ya go! There ya go! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nelson landing some decent shots from guard. Golden keeping moving, preventing Nelson from controlling successfully. Nelson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Nelson landing some decent shots from guard.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Nelson trying to control but Golden is working from the bottom. Nelson chips away with some ground and pound. Nelson looking to pass the guard. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Golden has momentary wrist control but Nelson slips an elbow through the middle. Nelson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Nelson throws an elbow that misses. Golden uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nelson's guard. Nice move by Golden!
Nelson looking for a sweep. Not yet Nelson, not yet. Nelson wants to stand and escape but Golden is having none of it.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Nelson wants to sweep here but Golden controlling him for the moment. Golden throws an elbow that misses. Nelson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Golden's guard. Nice move by Nelson!
Nelson landing with the ground and pound. Nelson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Nelson throws a big right hand that misses. Golden wants to get back to his feet but Nelson is in a dominant position and won't allow it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Nelson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Golden's head. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Nelson scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Nelson is in close to Golden's body, working some short punches and elbows.
 Golden is rocked! And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Nelson dominated that round. That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Golden shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nelson sprawls well. Nelson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Golden gets slowly back to his feet.
Nelson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Golden quickly recovers to half guard. Nelson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Golden is still in real trouble! Can Nelson finish him? Malik Nelson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Nelson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Golden keeps working. Ground and pound from Nelson. Nelson lands a big elbow - Golden is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Nelson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malik Nelson! Malik Nelson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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